Archive for December, 2008
Forbidden Love: Majo no Jouken(魔女の条件)
Synopsis: Michi, a 26 year old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her.
Animus Anima(アニムスアニマ)
Synopsis: Tokio is a modern male parallel to Pabsts Lulu. He’s a talented hairdresser who looks after his beautiful officer worker sister. He sleeps around with anyone and everyone, breaking hearts constantly. He treats the people he sleeps with as if he doesn’t have a heart.
BEATROCK love
Synopsis: Beatrock Love is a youth story about a visual kei band, where the members, also being friends, of a band called Love Diving enter a contest and try to advance their career further while getting hurt by their opponents.
My Mighty Princess(무림여대생)
Synopsis: KANG So-hwi, a beautiful martial arts prodigy, is about to embark on a journey into adulthood. But her journey is like no other. Her super-human strength and martial arts prowess scares away her fellow undergrads and even the boy she has fallen for.
Gokusen gets another Special Episode
NTV has announced another special episode for the “Gokusen” drama franchise. The show’s third season aired this past spring, and the upcoming episode will be a “graduation special” featuring the same characters. Yukie Nakama will of course star in the show, with Yuya Takaki, Haruma Miura, and Hideo Ishiguro among the returning cast.
Kim Hyun Joong Kisses and Tells
A true gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell. But Hyunjoong had no qualms spilling the beans about his make out scene with actress Goo Hye Sun.
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Boys Over Flowers Press Conference
Koo Hye Sun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Hyun Joong, Kim Bum and Kim Joon were in attendance for the ‘Boys Over Flowers’ drama production press conference which was held at the Lotte Hotel Crystal Ballroom in Seoul on the 22nd.
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Kagen no Tsuki – Last Quarter(下弦の月～ラスト・クォーター)
Kagen no Tsuki ~Last Quarter (下弦の月～ラスト・クォーター; Kagen no Tsuki ~Rasuto Kuōtā) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Ken Nikai, based on Ai Yazawa’s manga of the same name.
Halfway(ハルフウェイ)
Highly successful TV drama writer Eriko Kitagawa‘s directorial debut “Halfway”, due out in February of 2009. Celebrated screenwriter Eriko Kitagawa is making the leap to filmmaking.
Korean Boys Before Flowers Official Trailers
Official trailer of the highly anticipated KBS idol drama Boys Before Flowers has been released.
Soshite Harukaze ni Sasayaite(そして春風にささやいて)
Synopsis: A second-year student at all-boys school Shido Gakuen, Hayama Takumi (Yanagishita Tomo) likes to keep to himself, but that becomes a bit difficult when he meets his new roommate Saki Giichi (Kato Keisuke).
Miura Haruma on 2 o’clock Ciao
Haruma mentioned how he thought he was cute ‘then’. The host corrected him by saying he was cute ‘now’ and ‘cool’!
Love Shuffle(ラブシャッフル)
Synopsis: Usami Kei (Tamaki Hiroshi), the section chief of a leading IT company, seems to be a elite salaryman who has attained status through his relationship with his wealthy socialite fiancee, Kagawa Mei (Kanjiya Shihori) the president’s daughter, but she pronounces the end of their engagement and he finds himself losing both status and love.
Boys Love 2(ボーイズ ラブ2)
Boys Love (2006) was directed by Kotaro Terauchi. A year later, he made Boys Love Theatrical Edition, with the same male star Yoshikazu Kotani, but a different story.
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Mendol- Ikemen Idol(メン☆ドル-イケメンアイドル)
Synopsis: The story revolves around three ordinary girls named Asahi, Nami, and Hinata who are aiming to become idols, but they repeatedly fail in their auditions. One day, they witness a serious crime, and they are forced to flee from the culprits.
Akai Ito(赤い糸)
The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the “red thread of fate” connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face.
Boys Before Flowers Teaser Trailer
The highly anticipated KBS idol drama Boys Before Flowers teaser clip has been released. Featuring introduction to characters, New Caledonia/Macau filming footage and the kiss between Goo Hye Sun and Kim Hyun Joong.
Crows ZERO II (クローズ ZERO 2)
One of the better films from 2007 would be Takashi Miike’s “Crows: Episode 0″ and the sequel, “Crows Zero 2,” is getting closer to its release date – April 11, 2009 to be exact. “Crows: Episode 0″ offered an insane amount of action (fights! fights! fights!) mixed in with Miike’s distinctive eye for blending the manga world into the cinema world.
‘Boys Over Flowers’ on Location
Much awaited drama, ‘Boys Over Flowers’ traveled to the South Pacific, the first filming on location in a foreign country.
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‘Boys Over Flowers’ Official Posters Revealed
Asia’s top selling comic ‘Boys Over Flowers’ which gave birth to a Japanese and Taiwanese drama is stirring up a commotion once more.
Asymmetry(アシンメトリー)
<<a>>symmetry is a 2008 Japanese movie directed by Tetsuya Sato starring Wada Masato and Araki Hirofumi.
Miura Haruma Takes to the Stage!
Popular teen actor Haruma Miura will be taking on his first stage production next year. He has been cast as the star of “Hoshi no Daichi ni Furu Namida,” produced by the theatrical group Chikyu Gorgeous.
Engimono: Car Radio ga Owareba(カーラヂオが終われば)
Synopsis: The story revolves around Ueno (Katou Shigeaki of NEWS) who goes to a countryside driving school to get his license. Once he gets to the school, he encounters a wacky set of dormmates, a ghost, and a driving instructor who seems to have a fear of mobile phones.
Dragon Zakura(ドラゴン桜)
Synopsis:
Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan’s most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai).
Detective Conan(名探偵コナン)
Synopsis: This tanpatsu celebrates the tenth year of this popular Japanese anime, originally a manga created by Aoyama Gosho. The story takes place when Shinichi was still a high school student.
Deep Love(アユの物語)
Synopsis:
Ayu, a young prostitute has lived a meaningless life until she met a young boy named Yoshiyuki. They met when an old lady who taught her the meaning of life passed away, only briefly telling her of her grandson, Yoshiyuki.
